Emacs Key Bindings in Ubuntu 14.04
I'm rather accustomed to having partial Emacs key bindings wherever I type text on my Mac. Strange that Ubuntu does that only in bash, by default (and, of course, Emacs itself). So I went googling for how to make it so, and found this at stackoverflow:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-key-theme "Emacs"
Worked like a charm. The per-user settings appear to be stored in ~/.config/dconf/user
, which is some sort of binary database. Sigh. Unix used to be almost all text files. So much easier for us poor humans to grok that way.
The other annoying thing in Ubuntu's new Unity interface is that the Alt key opens the HUD (search and program launcher). You can disable this in System Settings/Keyboard/Shortcuts/Key to Show the HUD. Click that line and press the <backspace> key, or pick another shortcut, if you feel a need to get there without the mouse. For details, look here.
Not being a programmer
Not being a programmer or even any kind of "geek"- all that is greek to me, Bill. I just have to go on dealing with the updates the best I can. :) Thanks anyway.
Yes, MamaLiberty, the
Yes, MamaLiberty, the only people who will care about this post are those whose fingers know Emacs key bindings. That tends to be mostly we old programmers.
LOL! See, I'm such a
LOL! See, I'm such a non-geek that I thought we were still talking about the Ubuntu update. :) I'll be quiet.
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